Container and closure therefor



May 21,1929. WHROSE 1,713,676

CONTAINER AND CLOSURE THEREFQR Filed July 20, 1928 HIHIIIIIIII"mliiiiiiiiii \1uumlnml A ff l A f .,.l/NtXENoR Y Z ATTORNEY lliatente'd4 Muyl 21, 1929.

PATENT' OFFICE."

H., ROSE, F JERSEY CITY, NEW' JERSEY.

ONTAINEB AND GLOSURE THBEFOR.

AApplication med July 20,

. My invention relates to containers and closures for the'same andrefersparticularly tocontainers and container `closures so related to eachother inA construction as to 'allow of their easy and eiectiveco-operationto produce a closed container.

One of" the objects.` of my invention is a container closure capable ofadjustment upona container and of closing the same in an 1o 'eifectivemanner by thesimple process of passing', or forcing, a closed ringthereon.

Among the attributes desirable in a vclosure of this character may bementioned the following It should be economicv in pro'- duction andsimple in construction, it should not puncture or destroy the containerwalls,

it should be capable of adjustment without the employment of tools, itshould not crush or destroy the shapeof the container walls zo throughcompression or otherwise, it should be vree from accidentaldisplacement, it should produce a firm and eiiective closure of thecontainer, it should be capable of ready removal without injuring thecontainer. Y

The device of my invention possesses all of the above-mentioned, andother, valuable attributes as will be evident upon a consideration of myspecification and its accompanying drawings.-

In he accompanying drawings illustrat. ing modified forms `oatthe deviceof my invention similar partsare designated by similar numerals.

Figure 1 is a side view closed by one :form of my closure.

Figure 2 is an enlarged :fragmentary view of a portion of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section through the line 3-3 4o ,of F1gure2. V

Figure 4 is a section through the line 4r-4; of Figure 2. Figure 5 is afragmentary-vertical crossvsection of a modified form ofmy device.

The particular form of the device of my invention illustrated in Figures1, 2, 3 4and 4 comprises ian annular container 10 of cardboard, liber,wood orother suitable material oi?V a container Figure 6 is afragmentary front view of 192s. serial Nb; 294,238. i

an annular recess, or groove, 11

ber 13, the upper horizontal member 14 and the outer vertical member 15.

The annular iiange member -15 has a plurality of depending tongues 16,16, each ofi which is cut to form the outwardly extended upper stop 17andan inwardly extended locking memberf18, the lwer portion of eachtongue being extended outwardly'forming a lower stop 19.

The locking member 18 is formed by cutting three sides of a'centralportion of a tongue 16 and bending vthe thus cut portion inwardly, eachlocking member 18 being positioned to enter the groove 11 whenthe coveris in proper position upon the container 10.

. `In order to employ the device, the cover iiange 15, or the tongues16, 16 are sprung outwardly, if necessary inorder to allow the cover tobe placed upon the container as shown," and the binding ring 20 is thenforced downwardly over the cover, forcing the locking`members 18, 18into the groove 11 of the container 10, the stops17 and 19 preventingthe accidental displacement of the ring 20. The resiliency of the metalcover will spring the upper sto member into outwa'rdposltion` after thering 20 "has passed thereover:

I prefer ^to have the groove 11 in practi-A cally thel plane of the base12, in order to assist vin-supportinglthe inward pressure of the coverat this pomt.

` In the modification of the cover of my\in stop 21 is formedby pressinga portion of a/tong'ue 1 6 outwardly instead of forming it by cutting asshown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.

In the modification of the,cove of my invention illustrated in Figures6, 7 and 8, each tongue has an upper stop' 22 formed by ventionillustrated in Figure `5, each yupper pressing a portion of the tongueoutwardly, Y

- a lower stop 19 formed by bending the end of the .tongue outwardly andtwo locking members 23, 23, formed by cutting the sides` of the tongueand bending the cut portions inwardly. v

It will thus be seen that the device of my invention presents acontainer and a cover,

or closure, therefore, 'the locked closing of' the container beingaccomplished by placing the cover upon the containerandiforcing a.closed binding ring thereover, the

binding ring being protected from acciden- -tal displacement. i Y

- Itv will be noted that the cover 'can be placed inl any position uuponthe container,

' as the continuous groove 1l will receive the locking members at anypoint thereof and it will, be noted further that `noincisions are madein the side walls of the container by the cover in order to retain-it inposition, thu's maintaining the fulloriginal strength of the containerwall., Y A l v It will be further noted that in the forms illustratedthe inward pressure of the binding ring 1s in line with the base of thecover,

i Lthus preventing the inward crushing of the containerwhenl it iscomposed offiber or other crushable material. l

I do not limit' myself to the particular size, shape,`number,arrangement or material of parts asshown and described as these aregiven simply as a means for clearly describing the device' of-myinvention.

lVhat I claim is 1. In combination with a' container having a-recess inthe outer face of the side Awall thereof, a closure comprising a base, aU-shaped peripheral liangecarried by said base capable of placement inabutment with the upper portion of a containenwall, retaining said basein the plane `of saidrecess, va .plurality of depending tongues vcarriedby said ange, an extended locking member', carried by each tongue'capable of being the upper portion of a container wall, re-l tainingsaid base in the plane of said recess', a plurality of depending tonguescarried by said flange, an extended locking member integral with eachtongue capable of being placed within said container recess, a. closedring capable of being forced downwardly over saidA tongues forcing saidlocking means into said container. recess and means preventing theaccidental displacement of said ring.

3. In combination with a .container-having a recess in the outer face ofthe side wall thereof, a closurecomprising a base, a

U-shaped peripheral flange carried by said base capable of placement inabutment with the upper portion of a container wall, re-

taining said b se in the plane of said recess, a. plurality of ependingtongues carried by saidange, an. extended locking member integalwitheach tonguev capable of being placed within said container recess, aclosed ring capable of being forced downwardly over said tongues forcingsaid locking means into said container/)recess and means -integral witheach tongue preventing the accidental displacement of said ring. y

4c. In combination with acoltainer having a recess in the outer face ofthe side wall thereof, a closure comprising-a base, a

.U-shaped peripheral flange carried by said base capable of abutmentupon the upper portion of a container, retaining said base in the planeof said recess, a plurality of depending tongues carried by said flange,an inwardly extended locking member formed by a cut-out portion of each'tongue capable of placement within said container recess, a

closed ring capable of being forced downwardly over said tongues forcingsaid lockingmember into said recess and outwardly extended means vformedby cut-out portions y of each tongue preventing [the accidentaldisplacement of said ring. Y

Signed at New York city inthe county of New lYork andState of New Yorkthis 19th day of July, 1928. Y v,

WILLIAM H. ROSE.

